Wainscoting



K. DIETERIOH.

WAINSGOTING.

Patented Feb. 2, `1892.*

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KARL DIETERICII, OF BROOKLYN, NEWv YORK..

WAINSCOTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,132, dated February2, 1892.

Application filed August S, 1891. Serial No. 402,065. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, KARL DIETER-10H, a citizen of Germany, residing inBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Wainscoting, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is tov provide for attaching tilesand similar ornamental earthenware or vitried blocks against the wallsor ceilings of buildings, so that such tiles are held with firmness andreliability, and they can be set together with rapidity and in anydesired pattern or ornamental combination, and the slab can be preparedready for insertion in its position, and the fastening devices areconveniently shifted, so as to be connected to the studding or otherwood-work or to adapt the fastening devices to the positions of thejoints between bricks or in stone-work; and the improvements relate tothe combinations ot' devices hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure I is a horizontal section of the tiles and thefastening devices at the line .r no of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is an elevation,partially in section, representing the frame-work with portions of thetiles in position; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section at the line y y,Fig. 2. Y

The bars A are of metal and of a size and strength adapted to the tilesthat are to be supported by them, and these bars A are made withprojecting ribs 2, forming a T-hcad to each bar, and the tiles I3 aregrooved upon their edges to t upon the T-heads of the bars A, and thesebars A are to be at the proper distances apart to suit the measurements'ot the tiles, and these tiles can be slipped in between the respectivebars A and can be placed so as to break joints, as indicated in thedrawings, or to form continuous ranges, and the surfaces of the tilesmay be colored and glazed or otherwise ornamented, or they may be plain.

In order to connect the respective bars A together and to clamp them andsecure the tiles between such bars A, I make use of the tierods C,passing transversely to the bars A and through holes in such bars, andthese tierods are of a length adapted to the panel of the wainscoting,and there are nuts i upon the screw-threaded portions 5 of the tic-rods;

bars can be raised or lowered as their ends slide in the slots in thebars A, and these cross-bars D are slotted longitudinally for thereception of the attaching-screws E or similar fastenings. By thesemeans the crossbars D can be brought into the proper position and thescrews E inserted wherever there is suitable framing or joints betweenthe brick-work or masonry for the attaching device to be screwed ordriven in.

In some instances my improved wainscoting may be employed as a screen orfacing away from and not attached to a wall. In such cases thecross-bars D will :not be used and the rods C will not alonebe'sufticient to insure the true alignment of the tiles, so that thesurface of the wainscoting will be fiat and on a straight linethroughout. For this pur pose I employ additional tie-rods C', passingthrough two or more of the bars A, and these rods C are short and arethreaded their entire length for the reception of nuts O2 atoppositesides of vthe bars A, as shown. These nuts C2 are to be operated at therespective sides of the bars A to either slightly force them apartordraw them together to straighten the line of the wainscoting.

I am aware that it is not new to use T- headed bars or strips forholding blocks or slabs.

I claim as my invention- I. The combination, with the tiles B, havinggrooved edges, of the metal bars A, with T-heads passing into thegrooves in the tiles, and the tie-rods passing through the bars A andprovided with nuts for clamping the tiles by the bars, substantially asset forth.

2. The combination, with the tiles having grooved edges, of bars A, withT-heads fitting the grooved edges ot the tiles or blocks, the slottedcross-bars passing at their ends into the mortises in the bars A, andthe attaching devices passing through the slots in the crossbars,substantially as set forth.

The combination, in the wainscoting, of

tiles or blocks grooved on their edges, the bars IOO A, having T-headsfitting such grooves, the provided with nuts for clamping the tiles bytie-rods passing through the bars A and prothe bars, and the shortscrew-threaded bars vided with nuts for clamping the bars and tiles Cand nuts Cgfor aligning the face of the tiles together, the slottedcross-bars D, received at forming the Wainscoting, substantially as set15 5 their ends in mortises in the bars A, and the forth.

attaching devices passing through the slots Signed by me this 3d day ofAugust, A. D.

in the cross-bars, substantially as set forth. 1891.

4. The combination, With the tiles B, hav- KARL DIETERICH. ing groovededges, of the metal bars A, with NTitnesses: Io T-heads passing into thegrooves in the tiles, GEO. T. PINCKNEY,

the tie-rods passing through the bars A and HAROLD SERRELL.

